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THE ATHANASIAN
A publication of Traditional Catholics of America t Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL t Volume VIll, No. 8 t December 1, 1987
THE ECUMENICAL "POPE" AND THE ONE-WORLD CHURCH
Fr. Francis E. Fenton
A s these words are being written, some five weeks have
passed since John Paul H's whirlwind visit to the USA. In
the course of that visit he delivered some 48 discourses and was
Christ totally ignored them in the many tens of thousands of
words he uttered over a period of ten days. In fact, John Paul II
has never even mentioned the word Communism, much less
acclaimed by multitudes. Indeed, if it be possible to single out condemned it, in any public address or statement he has ever
any one individual who, for what it's worth, is the most popular delivered in the course of the nine years of his occupancy of the
person in the world at the present time, who else could it be but Chair of Peter-and the same applies to Freemasonry. Admit-
the charismatic John Paul II? Even I, however, am forced to tedly, it would be embarrassing for him to speak out against
admit my admiration for John Paul II on one score-and that is Freemasonry in view of the fact that some of its members are in
the amazing physical stamina he manifested throughout the high positions in the Conciliar Church, the most prominent
course of his ten-day visit to America. (Let no one suppose, then, being the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Agostino
that I never have anything good to say ofJohn Paul II!) Casaroli.
Just about every subscriber to this newsletter is well aware of my And would a person ever know, from reading or hearing John
unqualified position regarding John Paul II and his Conciliar Paul II'stalks in the USA, that the Roman Catholic Church is the
Church, namely, that he is not a valid pope and that the Church one true Church? Indeed, was there so much as a hint of this
he heads is not Catholic. Hence, there is no reason to belabor essential truth given in any of those talks anywhere? Further, has
these two points in this article. From the portions of some of his John Paul II ever declared in any of his writings and in all of his
talks here which I have read, his remarks on such subjects, discourses worldwide the uniqueness of the Roman Catholic
among others, as confession, marriage, abortion, euthanasia, Church as the Mystical Body of Christ and the one means
premarital sex and homosexuality were apparently in accord established by the Son of God for the salvation of all men? And
with the teachings of the Church. further, does he even believe this himself? A number of his "ecu-
menical" statements and actions over the years indicate quite
Certain other comments he made were something else again as, the contrary.
for example, his highly favorable reference in New Orleans to
Martin Luther King, Jr., and, in San Antonio, his praise of the And then there are those American Conciliar Church bishops, a
"courage and generosity" of those who assist Latin Americans to sorry lot indeed, the Weaklands and the Hunthausens and the
enter this country. (Much of this activity is carried out illegally Gumbletons being among the more notorious. I do not know of a
and the so-called Sanctuary Movement is hardly an anti- single bishop in this country who could today be truthfully called
communist endeavor-butJohn Paul II was vague on this toptc.) a Roman Catholic bishop. Obviously that is true because, if he
And at a meeting of Conciliar Church educators in New Orleans were, he would long since have dissociated himself from the
he actually praised "the marvelous growth of Catholic education Conciliar Church. But did John Paul II, while in the USA,
in this country." Wow! In Phoenix, Arizona, his presence at unequivocally reprimand or call to task even one of those
some pagan Indian rites certainly conveyed the impression of his Conciliar Church bishops? That too, of course, would have been
tacit approval of them. But the issue is not so much what John difficult for him to do since he or his "mentor," Paul VI,
Paul II says but rather what he fails to say and do-and also, of appointed practically all of them. A long series of mistaken
course, what he has done over the years in which he has occu- appointments, no doubt, but, strangely, never a mistake in all
pied the papal throne, most notably involving his heretical those appointments on the side of sound traditional Catholicism.
ecumenism.
Whether or not John Paul II made any display of his alleged
In the 48 talks he delivered during his September stay in this devotion to the Mother of God during his stay in this country, I
country, John Paul II discussed a number of subjects. Strikingly do not know, but he has done so from time to time in various
noticeable by their absence, however, are certain other subjects places in his travels around the world over the past nine years.
which were not only not discussed but, to my knowledge, were And yet he has never fulfilled the spedfic requests of Our Lady of
not so much as mentioned, foremost among which being Com- Fatima regarding the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate
munism ("intrinsically evil" -Pope Pius XI) and Freemasonry Heart. In view of his seeming devotion to Mary and in view of the
("foul plague" -Pope Leo XIII). Although there are the two great importance which so many attach to that consecration,
principal enemies of the Roman Catholic Church, the aim of why is it thatJohn Paul II has never carried out those requests?
both being the destruction of that Church, the alleged Vicar of
The points made in this article are but a few examples Yes, a One-World Church is well on the way to realization and,
indicating that John Paul II, if he were a legitimate pontiff, is a if and when, God forbid, it becomes a reality, the current ecu-
pathetic one. In no way do they prove that he is not a valid menical "pope" of the Conciliar Church will have been a major
pope. Such proof involves the charge that he is a formal heretic contributor to the formation of that abomination. John Paul II
and that proof, I contend, has been conclusively made else- may well be an idol of untold millions nationwide and
where. If, however, John Paul II is a non-pope and, in fact, an worldwide but he is a paramount disaster for the Roman
enemy of the Church, then so much of what he has said and Catholic Church!
done-or has failed to say and do-would make much sense.
Multitudes, for example, were astounded and shocked at the ('The coming of a world state is longed for, and confidently
massive scandal that occurred at Assisi, Italy, a year ago. How expected, by all the worst and most distorted elements. This
could "Pope" John Paul II allow and even encourage and state, based on the principles of absolute equality of men and a
approve such a thing? But if he is not only not a valid pope but community of possessions, would banish all national loyalties.
is in reality an enemy of the true Church and is actually set on In it no acknowledgement would be made of the authority of a
destroying it, would not the Assisi affair be a logical step in that father over his children, or of God over human society. If these
direction? ideas are put into practice, there will inevitably follow a reign
of unheard-of terror. "-Pope Benedict XV-July 25, 1920.)t
A One-World Church has long been in the making and is now
well along towards fulfillment. That "Church" of the New
World Order will be totally subservient to a criminal atheistic
elite who aim to be the rulers of the world. The worship of the
one true God and the observance of His moral law will be Martin Luther King, Jr.
outlawed in that "Church." Man, not God, will be the measure
of all things while those who refuse to accept the dictates of the The issue of this newsletter of October 15, 1986
satanic powers that be will be enslaved or liquidated in due contained a four-page article on the above-named
time. Militant atheism will be the order of the day and the devil individual by John K. Weiskittel. As a reprint it sold over
and his cohorts will reign supreme. 7,000 copies. Some seven weeks from now the national
holiday in King's honor will again be observed (what a
Towards the utterly terrifying objective of a New World Order disgrace!). On the very safe assumption that the abom-
the leaders of many subversive organizations and movements inable lie machine known as the American news media
are currently hard at work and increasingly successful in their will release another propaganda barrage on his behalf, we
efforts, among them being Communism, Socialism, Freema- are again making available this excellent expose of the
sonry, the New Age Movement and the World Council of real Martin Luther King, Jr. It would be a pipe dream to
Churches. But, for the New World Order to become a reality, imagine that this one piece could bring about any sub-
above all else the Roman Catholic Church must first be stantial reversal of the favorable opinion about him held
destroyed. While we have the assurance of its divine Founder by the generality of Americans. Yet at least a step or two
that this can never be, yet much can be done by the powers of can be made in that direction if our newsletter sub-
evil substantially to reduce the spiritual and moral impact of scribers will help us to get the article as widely circulated
that Church and thus in large part to neutralize its influence as possible. That there is a national holiday in honor of
upon the world scene. Make no mistake about it: the Roman King is but one more sorrowful example of the depths of
Catholic Church is the principal obstacle in the path of those moral decadence to which this nation has sunk.
who seek the New World Order and so its destruction is their
prime objective. The existence of the Conciliar Church offers In the article a number of individuals have been desig-
undeniable testimony and proof positive of the tremendous nated as Communists. Due to space limitations the con-
progress they have made to date. Evidence too of that progress firming documentation has been omitted. Anyone de-
and of the powers of evil involved is the all but incredible (to siring such documentation may obtain it by writing to the
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THE ATHANASIAN 2 DECEMBER 1, 1987
SAINT WENCESLAUS
Jill Wiesner
F or many, the Chrisbnas carol about "good king Wenceslaus"
is a reminder of a generous monarch. But Catholics have
far more important reasons for remembering Wenceslaus, who
As Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus put an end to the
persecution of Christians. He brought priests back from exile,
invited missionary priests from Bavaria and Suabia, and
was actually Duke of Bohemia. Duke Wenceslaus was a heroic enacted laws protecting the Church. He defended the people
defender of the Faith who was martyred at the age of twenty- against the rapacious nobility and severely punished crimes of
two. violence. His reputation as friend to the poor is well-deserved,
as he spent much of his time as well as his own funds aiding
Born in 907, Wenceslaus was the grandson of the first those who were in need.
Christian ruler of Bohemia, a land which the pagans were
determined to regain. As a child, Wenceslaus was sent by his Unlike pagan rulers, Wenceslaus did not involve Bohemia in
father, Duke Wratislaus, to Prague to be instructed in the Faith constant warfare but he did defend it against invasion. When
by his saintly grandmother, Ludmila. In Ludmila's care, attacked by the army of the Duke of Kourim, Wenceslaus was
Wenceslaus was protected from his mother, Dragomir, who determined to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. He engaged the
pretended to be Christian but was actually a pagan. As he grew, duke in single combat and was victorious, saving his nation
Wenceslaus was edified by the teaching and example of from the scourge of war. To prevent future invasions
Ludmila and her chaplain. Inspired by a fervent love for Our Wenceslaus put his duchy under the protection of Germany,
Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, Wenceslaus wanted only to recognizing King Henry I as the legitimate successor of
please God in everything that he did. Charlemagne.
When Wenceslaus was thirteen his father was killed in a battle Wenceslaus was equally edifying in his personal life. He
with the barbarian Magyars, and Dragomir claimed the title of practiced all of the Christian virtues and his purity was without
Regent. She promptly launched a persecution of Christians in blemish. His zeal and strength came from his fervent devotion
which she was aided by Czech nobles who were eager to end to the Blessed Sacrament. With great care he himself planted
the reforms instituted by Wenceslaus' grandfather. The re- the wheat and pressed the grapes for Holy Mass, at which he as-
forms, which had forced them to abide by Christian principles sisted every day. He spent several hours a day in prayer and
in their treabnent of those under their authority, had been often went to the church at night to kneel before Our Lord in
irksome to them. To prevent interference from Wenceslaus, the tabernacle.
Dragomir tried to lure him into paganism but he remained
steadfast in the Faith. King Henry I of Germany, under whose protection Wenceslaus
had placed Bohemia, was filled with admiration for the young
Wenceslaus went to complete his studies at the University of duke. When Wenceslaus was late in arriving at a meeting of
Budweis and, while he was there, Ludmila, who remained in rulers, the king, aware that Wenceslaus had been at his
Prague, became increasingly alarmed as pagan officials re- prayers, received him with honor, quieting the grumbling and
placed Christians throughout Bohemia, the churches were sneering of the other nobles. At the end of the meeting he told
closed, and instruction of children in the Catholic Faith was Wenceslaus to request whatever he desired of his king and it
outlawed. She urged her teenaged grandson to return and would be granted. Wenceslaus asked for one thing only: a relic
claim his father's title, though he was not yet eighteen, the ltgal of Saint Vitus (a young nobleman who, resisting the attempts of
age of succession. his pagan father to lure him into idol worship, was martyred
under Diocletian in the year 303). Wenceslaus took the trea-
Dragomir had no intention of allowing a Christian to rule sured relic back to Prague where he commissioned the building
Bohemia. She was preparing her younger son, Boleslaus, to of the Church of Saint Vitus.
usurp his brother's title. To weaken Wenceslaus' position, she
attacked his most powerful and trusted ally, his grandmother. In September of 929, Wenceslaus was invited by his .brother
Two assassins were dispatched to Ludmila's castle where, Boleslaus to celebrate with him the feast of Cosmas and
finding her at prayer in her chapel, they strangled her. Damian, the patron saints of Boleslava. Though he was warned
that there would probably be an attempt on his life, Wenceslaus
Though his heart ached with grief, Wenceslaus did not accepted his brother's invitation. On September 28, the
retaliate. Instead, he offered prayers for the soul of his martyred evening after the festival, Wenceslaus proposed a toast to those
grandmother and made preparations to challenge Boleslaus' assembled in the castle hall, in honor of "Saint Michael, to
claim to their father's title. At the age of eighteen Wenceslaus whom we pray to guide us to peace and eternal joy."
moved swifty to be recognized as the legitimate Duke of
Bohemia and was supported by the people as the rightful A few hours later he went to pay his nightly visit to the Blessed
claimant. Dragomir and Boleslaus (who had been reared as a Sacrament. At the chapel door he was met by his brother who,
pagan) were permitted to retain authority over the province of with three fellow assassins, rushed upon him with swords
Boleslava. contirwed on page 8
THE ATHANASIAN 3 DECEMBER 1, 1987
Unmasking Masonry's Anti-Christian Agenda
John Kenneth Weiskitte/
S ome 103 years ago, Pope Leo XIII instructed the bishops plainly wanted. Second, Masonry has wormed its way into cru-
of the world to "tear away the mask from Freemasonry and cial areas of power, such as government, education and
to let it be seen as it really is." In these words, taken from the journalism, and silently redirected their energies. Third, upon
encyclical Humanum Genus, His Holiness alludes to Masonry's gaining initial entry in these fields, Masons seek to bring their
deceptive practice of disguising its real goals behind a public Lodge "brothers" in with them and, failing that, to subtly
front of brotherhood, tolerance, benevolence and progress. subvert the thinking of non-Masonic associates. Fourth, Free-
masonry selects political candidates from its ranks in secret and
Unfortunately, this papal plea-like so many made since Pope enjoins all Masons to work for their election. Finally, in many
Clement XII first condemned the Lodge in 1738-went largely spheres of influence the change has been in place for so many
unheeded, especially in English-speaking nations. As a result, generations that (depending upon the type of rule) opposition
the Masons have had a century of almost uninterrupted activity has either been lulled into complacency or frightened into
to sow their polluted seeds whenever and wherever they submission, while elsewhere the change has taken a slow,
wished, seeds which have steadily grown into manifold noxious almost imperceptible course that is, if detected at all, falsely
weeds over the years. assumed to be an innate part of the development of a nation.
Revolutionary triumphs beginning in the late 1700's have So successful has Freemasonry been in advancing its agenda
emboldened Masonic leaders to proclaim confidently that they that even many traditional Roman Catholics are unaware of the
are at the brink of refashioning society in their own image. le extent to which the modem ethos (that is, the moral, cultural
Monde-Maconnique (The Masonic World), a French monthly and ideological dispositions of a society) has been fashioned by
newspaper, published, in 1870, commentary that spoke of "the these shadowy figures. For this reason it is important that the
rapid invasion of the whole world by Freemason doctrines." At grave errors generated by Freemasonry be exposed and
the same time in America, Grand Master Albert Pike declared examined under the bright light of Church teaching.
in legenda XXXD 0 , a work written for high-ranking Scottish
Rite Masons, that "(t)he true Initiate is both King and Priest Religious Indifferentism And ''Ecumenism''
over the people" and predicted as certain that "the doctrines of Masonry has ever sought to portray itself to its members in the
Masonry will ultimately rule the Intellectual world." Merely the lower degrees-who make up the vast majority of the
ranting of crackpot theorists? Rome, for one, did not think so "brethren"-and to the "profane" (non-Masons) as the world's
and, in 1873, Pope Pius IX issued an encyclical, Elsi Mu/ta great voice for religious tolerance. The Lodge is held up as a
luctuosa, in which he described the "ferocious war" that the hallowed temple at which differences of belief are left at the
Masons and kindred secret societies were then waging against door and into which only a generic religion "agreed on by all
Christendom, noting that "these wicked groups think that they men" is admitted. In this lowest-common-denominator creed,
have already become masters of the world and that they have Masonry can be seen as the real precursor of the so-called "ecu-
almost reached their preestablished goal." (It is of more than menical" movement, since it has been only after the 1717
passing interest to recall that the pontiff made it a point to establishment of the modem Craft that men of different
anathematize in this document "not alone the Masonic body in denominations have come together in such a manner.
Europe but also the Masonic associations in America and in
whatever part of the world they may be.") r When Pope Benedict XIV issued the constitution Providas in
1751, he cited as one of the reasons his predecessor, Clement
The current state of affairs may, to some, appear to be XII, had denounced the Masons 13 years before: ".. .in this type
improved, since there is peace and order in many of the coun- of society, men of all religions and sects are gathered, which
tries that had been tom asunder by bloodbaths instigated by clearly can cause the gravest damage to the purity of the
the Lodge only a few generations past. In reality, this "peace" Catholic religion." This charge was repeated in Pope Pius IX's
has come about from subduing the opposition and the "order" Singulari Quadam of 1854, and by Leo XIII who, in Humanum
by the substitution of Naturalistic (man-centered) principles for Genus, wrote regarding membership in Masonry:
Supematuralist (Christ-centered) ones as the basis for all social
transactions. Masonry has succeeded in removing a system of … as all who offer themselves are received whatever may
law founded on the premise that it is in the wisdom and be their form of religion, they thereby teach the great
pleasure of God that all human activity must find root (a system error of this age-that a regard for religion should be held
that defined Europe through the Christian centuries) and as an indifferent matter, and that all religions are alike.
replacing it with rule by the opinions and passions of men. This manner of reasoning is calculated to bring about the
ruin of all forms of religion, and especially of the Catholic
If such is the case, it is asked, how, then, is it that such a religion which, as it is the only one that is true, cannot,
fundamental change could go undetected? Several factors come without great injustice, be regarded as merely equal to
into play here. First, as has already been mentioned, response other religions.
to Vatican directives has been far from what the popes had
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The accuracy of this analysis can be seen in Pike's assertion with the "ecumenists" as contrary to the real unity that is only
that "(t)here has never been a false religion in the world." within that Church, but the Conciliar Church persists in
(cited, Father Edward Cahill, Freemasonry and the Anti- contacts and even unholy collaboration with the WCC. Like-
Christian Movement, Gill, 1959 ed., p. 34.) wise, Conciliar-Masonic links can be found not only. in the
members of its hierarchy who have been shown to be hidden
Religious indifferentism is inseparable from another Masons, but in open displays of solidarity such as when, in
error-religious liberty. If no religion is the one true Faith, then 1980, Providence (Rhode Island) Bishop Louis E. Gelineau
it follows, according to Masons, that none has the right to bind received the Lodge's Grand Master Award for "best exempli-
consciences to itself or insist that secular governments give it fying the principles of Freemasonry." (Is there any doubt what
preferential treatment. In his encyclical on the Christian Con- would have happened had a Catholic bishop accepted such an
stitution of States, Immortale Dei (1885), Leo XIII lamented award when, say, Leo XIII was pontiff?)
that these falsehoods "are greatly favored" by modem civil
rulers and that they lead, first, to a public policy permitting "the And in other ways the Masons have shown their appreciation
most unrestrained opinions (to) be openly expressed as to the for Conciliar rejection of Catholic teaching. Henry Clausen, a
practice or omission of Divine Worship" and "in the end to the successor to Albert Pike as Sovereign Grand Commander of
rejection of all religion in theory and practice." That these Scottish Rite Masonry (the most virulently anti-Catholic U.S.
errors have not only remained in favor but have assumed a Lodge), applauds the "(m)any good American Roman Catholics
position of dominance (even in ostensibly Christian (who) oppose these papal condemnations as (being) un-
nations)-this is everywhere in evidence. Opinion, if anything, American." (Commentaries on Morals. and Dogma, The
is even less restrained, as in "popular culture" there is no Supreme Council-Mother Council of the World … , 1974, p.
profanity, sacrilege or blasphemy that does not appear in 170) Clausen quotes pro-Masonic sentiments of John F.
books, films, records, etc. The most odious kinds of sin (abor- Kennedy (defending total separation of Church and State),
tion, divorce, homosexuality and "mercy killing," to name a Notre Dame's Father John A. O'Brien (telling Shriners of the
few)-viewed with revulsion throughout the Christian cen- "distinguished contribution" of U.S. Masons) and Cardinal Jan
turies-are now given legal status as acceptable options or Willebrands (welcoming DeMolay representatives. in 1969 on
alternate lifestyles. Secular Humanism, a thinly disguised form behalf of Paul VI in honor of the group's 50th anniversary).
of atheism, has gone far to undermine what Christian bases of (ibid, pp. 173-75)
society still exist, and even to undermine nations officially
designating themselves as "Catholic" (Italy's largest political "Independent" Morality And
party is Communist). Masonic Social Policy
From the foregoing it is obvious that there can be no public
The false unity movement, now known as "ecumenism," made morality based on the divine rule of Christ in those nations
its first appearance in 1838 when "a Lutheran named Samuel where the Lodge holds sway. Not only is Masonry at odds with
Schmucker presented his proposal for a federated Protestant Catholic morality but it does not even find agreement with
Church." (Leo Rosten, Religions of America, Touchstone, Protestantism in all points. "Though often mistaken as such,"
1975, p. 498) Interconfessionalism has grown enormously notes the Encyclopedia Britannica (Micropaedia, 1983, 15th
since then, with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its ed., Vol. IV, p. 302), "Freemasonry is not a Christian institu-
national affiliates being the most visible and powerful tion." The Masonic code of ethics is readily inferred by Pike's
manifestation. The ministers closely identified with the WCC statement: "Masonry propagates no creed except its own
are generally those bearing the empty label "mainline," which simple and sublime one taught by nature and reason." (cited,
in practice means that they are theologically Modernist and Cahill, p. 34), and by the assertion of the French Mason Jean
politically far-Left. This alignment has existed longer than Mace, who declared, "Freemasonry is at hand to replace the
might be imagined. Father Cahill, writing in 1930, observes: faith in Revelation which is rapidly disappearing." (cited,
Bishop Felix Dupanloup, A Study of Freemasonry, Kenek
.. .it is clear that the general outlook of Protestantism of Books, reprint of 1876 English translation, pp. 13-14)
the Liberal type, whether in the Latin, Anglo-Saxon or
Germanic countries, is today practically identified with A morality based on "nature and reason" alone is a denial of
that of Freemasonry, with its doubts and denials and the need for Christ's saving death and His eternal plan for
practically atheistic philosophy. (ibid, p. 253) man's salvation. Father Cahill writes:
It should not cause any amazement that such a connection is to Freemasonry sets up a code of morals and a principle of
be found for, as Chilean Cardinal Jose Maria Caro y Rodriguez human virtue and beneficence independent of God; and
notes in his work, The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled, while while it affects to ignore Our Divine Lord or, if circum-
world Masonry has always listed the Roman Catholic Church as stances require, pays a homage of lip service to His sacred
its primary enemy, "Protestantism is a rebellion against the name, its very essence is opposition to Him and His
authority established in His Church by Our Lord Jesus mission on earth. (ibid, p. 155)
Christ…" (privately published, no date, p. 198)
The Catholic dogma of Original Sin is also denied. This denial
The true Catholic Church has always prohibited involvement and its disastrous effects are brilliantly put forth in Humanum
Genus (Pope Leo XIII-1884):
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… the Naturalists and Freemasons, having no faith in their work to destroy the faith, Christian morals and sane social
those things which we have learned by the revelation of ideas," writes Cardinal Caro y Rodriguez. (ibid, p. 220) Even
God, deny that our first parents sinned, and consequently more insidious has been Masonry's worldwide push for compul-
think that man's free will is not at all weakened and in- sory government schools for the youth. Leo XIII states in
clined to evil. On the contrary, exaggerating rather our Humanum Genus that Masonry holds "that nothing which
natural virtue and excellence and placing therein alone treats of the most important and most holy duties of men to
the principle and rule of justice, they cannot even imagine God shall be introduced into the instructions on morals."
that there is any need at all of a constant struggle and a Again, these same means of disseminating wicked doctrines not
perfect steadfastness to overcome the violence and rule of only shape the thinking of the public at large but enter as well
our passions … Wherefore we see that men are publicly into the thinking of members of the Conciliar Church whose
tempted by many allurements of pleasure; that there are hierarchy allows them to read whatever they wish and allows its
journals and pamphlets with neither moderation nor schools to grow indistinguishable from government schools.
shame; that stage plays are remarkable for license; that
designs for art are shamelessly sought in the laws of a so- Politics Of The All-Seeing Eye
called realism; that the contrivances of a soft and delicate To the casual observer Masonry has no political stand except
life are most carefully devised; and that all the blandish- for some vague notion of the "liberty, fraternity, equality" that
ments of pleasure are diligently sought out by which served as the rallying cry of the French Revolution. In some
virtue may be lulled to sleep. Wickedly also, but at the countries the Lodge supports a democracy, in others a
same time quite consistently, do those act who do away constitutional monarchy; in some, it favors capitalism, in others
with the expectation of the joys of heaven and bring down socialism. There is no consistent position, so it is surmised,
all happiness to the level of mortality and, as it were, sink because Masons are obedient to the laws of the land. Are they
it in the earth… (S)ince generally no one is accustomed to really? In Anderson's Consitutions, Freemasonry's code,
obey crafty and clever men so submissively as those written about 1723 and still the groundwork of its organization,
whose soul is weakened and broken down by the domina- it is stated that, should a Mason be convicted of sedition but "of
tion of the passions, there have been in the sect of Free- no other crime … they (the Brethren) cannot expel him from the
masons some who have plainly determined and proposed Lodge, and his relations to it remain indefeasible." (cited,
that, artfully and of set purpose, the multitude should be Cahill, p. 5)
satiated with a boundless license of vice, as, when this has
been done, it would easily come under their power and Whatever the guise it assumes, Masonry always works in accord
authority. with its view of man-namely, that it rests with society to
determine how laws are to fit with its perception of right and
It cannot be reasonably contended' that public morality has wrong, a perception which is independent of and superior to
been restored since Pope Leo's time; rather, it has been on any authority. As is found in Humanum Genus and other
such a steady downward skid that it would undoubtedly horrify encyclicals, the erroneous paths leading from such a teaching
his devout soul were he alive today. include the total leveling of all social and class distinction, the
deposing of lawful rulers whenever it suits the public will and,
Besides its role in cultural subversion through entertainment, most serious of all (and that from which all other errors spring),
Masonry has had influence in other areas. One of the most sig- the separation of the State from any responsibility to adhere to
nificant ways is its control (either direct or indirect) of the news- the social teachings of the Church.
gathering media. The Illuminati, an eighteenth-century secret
society that called for the establishment of a "universal regime" The ultimate aim of these doctrines is the annihilation of Chris-
upon the ruins of existing civil and spiritual government, in- tian (Catholic) civilization "and to bring back," writes Pope Leo
structed its members: in Humanum Genus, "after a lapse of eighteen centuries the .
manners and customs of the pagans, a signal folly and
We must endeavor by every means to gain over the audacious impiety." How is this accomplished? Father Cahill
reviewers and journalists; as well as the booksellers, who notes:
in time will see that it is in their interest to side with us … If
a writer publishes anything that attracts notice, but does The fact is that Masonry supports those Governments
not accord with our plans, we must endeavor to win him whose constitution and administration are in accordance
over or decry him. (cited, Cahill, p. 100) with Masonic principles and aims, and that it works for
the destruction of all others. Hence in Catholic countries
"The plans and ideas revealed in them" (the news media-Ed.), whose governments profess or promote Christian policy,
writes Father Cahill, "are substantially identical with the aims Freemasonry is or aims at being disruptive and revolu-
and methods of the inner circles of Freemasonry during the tionary. In the non-Catholic countries, or in those whose
nineteeth century and down to our own day." (ibid, p. 101. For Governments are in line with Liberal or unchristian
specific examples, see "The News Media and Secret Societies" principles, Freemasonry affects the pose of being
in the June 1, 1987 issue of The Athanasian.) But there are constitutional. (p. 41)
other ways the Masons mold opinion. "The popular libraries
(public libraries-JKW), established by Masonry or directed by Thus we find allegedly "moderate" American Masons (and the
them, abound in productions that carry their spirit and cause U.S. government) defending the Communistic Mexican govern-
THE ATHANASIAN 6 DECEMBER 1, 1987
ment that persecuted the Catholic Church in the early 1900's. which shall have neither dogmas, nor hierarchy, ;neither
The New Age, the magazine of the Scottish Rite, rejoiced at the discipline for the mind, nor curb for the passions, and which,
bloody attacks on the Church "which," it declared, "has under the pretext of freedom and human dignity, would bring
perverted the Mexicans during 400 years. Physically and back to the world … the reign of legalized cunning an~ force,
morally it has made them slaves and fanatics, and kept them in and the suppression of the weak, and all those who toil and
ignorance." (cited, Cahill, p. 39) And in The New Age of May, suffer."
1918, is to be found the claim: "Before the insistent Liberty of
today the Papal court stands condemned as practically the last The "Ecumenical" movement was the initial impulse of the
autocracy left on earth. Before the world can be made safe for Masons' strategy and this helped to facilitate the de-
democracy, the autocratic Church (namely the Catholic Christianizing of Protestant Churches-Christianity without
Church) must be cleared away." (cited, ibid, p. 38n) The Con- Christ. The current step is the New Age Movement, the
ciliar Church has in large measure adopted Masonic principles merging of "Christian" Churches with paganism, witchcraft and
in both its attitude towards civil institutions and its own internal other non-Christian beliefs. Freemasonry acknowledges its
ecclesiastical administration. (The occasion of the recent visit kinship with the obscene Mystery Religions (or Mysteries) of
to the U.S. by John Paul II has shown again, pretty clearly, that antiquity. To cite one example out of many that could be drawn
the growing opinion in the American Conciliar Church-and from Masonic sources, Lodge historian Walter L. Wihnshurst
one shared by those in other lands as well-is that the final writes: "Since the suppression of the Mysteries in the sixth
determination of religious beliefs and practices resides with century, their tradition and teachings have been continued in
"the people," that they are their own authority.) secret and under various concealments, and to that con-
tinuation our present Masonic system is due." (The Meaning of
One-World Church And Government Masonry, Bell, 1980, p. 212) The self-deification of New Agers
Although, as has been noted earlier, the heads of Freemasonry is also evident in Craft writings such as in the Secret
have outwardly professed religious toleration and political Instructions of the Italian Alta Vendita (believed to be the gov-
freedom, they have, in more candid moments, spoken of the erning center of European Masonry) wherein it is declared:
dream of organizing a One-World Church and a One-World "We are our own Gods." (Dupanloup, p. 16) Demonism in the
Government, both of which would be ordered along their lines. higher Masonic degrees, another link with the New Age Move-
The Mason, Felix Pyat, has said: "Freemasonry may, if she will, ment, is such that Pope Pius IX on two occasions castigated
replace the Christian Church." (cited, Dupanloup, p. 15) In Masonry as "the Synagogue of Satan" in official communiques.
1868, a copy of the constitutions of the Italian Craft, printed Conciliar Church tie-ins include inviting pagans to perform
exclusively for the Craft's higher functionaries, fell into the their rituals at Assisi, involvement with witchcraft and working
hands of the editor of Unita Catholica and was published by with Latin American voodooists.
him in July of that year. The goals and principles contained
therein, which are identical to those in Andersons Constitu- Along with this is the demand for a One-World Government,
tions, include (Article 6): formed to implement anti-Christian objectives. During World
War I, Masonic representatives from the Allied Powers met in
It (Masonry) proposes to itself as its first object to unite all Paris to confer on the creation of a world supergovernment.
free men in one vast family, which may and ought to take This Congress of Masons reported that it sought "to prepare
the place of all Churches … thereby to constitute the true the way for the United States of Europe; to set up a suprana-
and only Church of Humanity." (cited, Cahill, pp. 6-7) tional authority, whose purpose will be to settle the disputes
between nations. Freemasonry will be the agent of propaganda
Since this proclaims a Church other than that confirmed by in favor of this conception of universal peace and happiness,
Christ, it was described in 1902 by Acacia, a Masonic revie~, as viz., the League of Nations." (Cahill, pp. 247-48)
"the Counter-Church, the Counter-Catholicism, the Church of
Heresy." (cited, Father Denis Fahey, C.C.Sp., The Mystical The foundations are now firmly in place for world rule. The
Body of Christ and the Reorganization of Society, Regina, "United States of Europe" is now called the European
1984 ed., p. 220) Communities, which seeks to "bring about the political union
of the democratic states of Europe." (The World Almanac,
The Holy See was not silent about this threat. Pope Saint Pius 1982, p. 603) The League of Nations, of course, is now
X addressed the bishops of France in 1910 concerningSillon, a represented in a newer group, the United Nations. The Concil-
Catholic labor union that had become infected with Liberal- iar Church strongly supports these internationalist entities.
Masonic ideas. In the letter, Notre Charge, His Holiness
attacked "utopian exploiters of the people" who, by "develop- An Appeal For Charity
ing promiscuousness," sought to bring about a world govern- Many, perhaps most, Masons would be shocked to learn of such
ment based on "a religion … more universal than the Catholic nefarious goals being espoused by their highest leaders. This is
Church, uniting all men to become brothers and comrades at logical, given that such Masons are generally in the lowest three
last in the 'Kingdom of God.'" Saint Pius X goes on to bemoan degrees, and Pike, among others, instructed that they are de-
the fact that Sillon, once imbued with the highest Catholic liberately to be deceived by Lodge Grand Masters as to the real
ideals, had fallen to become "… no more than a miserable aims of Masonry. The show of benevolence made by the Lodge
affluent of the great movement of apostasy being organized in "has no reference to the love of Our Divine Lord," writes
every country for the establishment of a One-World Church Father Cahill, but is mainly a tool "utilized to win credit for
THE ATHANASIAN 7 DECEMBER 1, 1987
Freemasonry with its own lower grades and with outsiders."
(ibid, p. 32) Let sincere Masons heed Bishop Dupanloup's plea:
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Pray
the head ofthe serpent. (Genesis 3:15)t
the Rosary
''Saint Wenceslaus" continued from page 3 Daily
drawn. As Wenceslaus fell, mortally wounded, his last words to
Boleslaus were "Brother, may God forgive you."
The murder of Wenceslaus was followed by renewed persecu-
tion of Christians until the successor of Henry I, the German
Emperor Otto the Great, intervened, forcing Bohemia to allow
Catholics to practice their religion. Boleslaus was later filled
with remorse for his crime and was baptized before his death.
Saint Wenceslaus, martyr, whose courageous defense of the
Faith saved a nation from paganism, derived his strength from
his devotion to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Through
his intercession may we too grow in love for Our Eucharistic
Lord and remain ever steadfast in our defense of the Holy
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